Hybridization properties and enzymatic replication of oligonucleotides containing the photocleavable 7-nitroindole base analog |
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| Authors: | Crey-Desbiolles Caroline Berthet Nathalie Kotera Mitsuharu Dumy Pascal |
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| Affiliation: | LEDSS UMR 5616 CNRS, ICMG FR2607, Université Joseph Fourier BP53, 38041 Grenoble Cédex 9, France. |
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| Abstract: | Universal DNA base analogs having photocleavable properties would be of great interest for development of new nucleic acid fragmentation tools. The photocleavable 7-nitroindole 2′-deoxyribonucleoside d(7-Ni) was previously shown to furnish a highly efficient approach to photochemically trigger DNA backbone cleavage at preselected position when inserted in a DNA fragment. In the present report, we examine its potential use as universal DNA nucleoside, by analogy with the 5-nitroindole analog that is generally considered as universal base. The d(7-Ni) phosphoramidite was incorporated into oligonucleotides. Hybridization properties of resulting 11mer duplexes indicated a behavior close to that of the 5-nitroindole analog. Enzymatic recognition by Klenow fragment exonuclease-free using 40mers containing the unnatural bases as templates indicated notably a decrease of the polymerase activity with preferential incorporation of dAMP opposite both the 7-Ni and 5-Ni bases. Incorporation of the d(7-Ni) triphosphate was also studied indicating absence of significant differences between the incorporation kinetics opposite each natural base in the template. All the hybridization and enzymatic data indicate that 7-nitroindole can be considered as a cleavable base analog, although not strictly fulfilling, like the 5-nitro isomer, all properties required for a universal base. |
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